MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1997 Jul 18;46(28):637-41.
Before the 1990s, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) data consisted primarily of summary records that lacked demographic information for persons with reported diseases. By 1990, all 50 states were using CDC's National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS) to report individual case data that included demographic information (without personal identifiers) about most nationally notifiable diseases. These data are important for evaluating sex- specific differences in the occurrence of infectious diseases; monitoring infectious disease morbidity trends; determining the relative disease burdens among demographically diverse subpopulations in the United States; targeting prevention; and identifying priorities for research and control. This report describes and compares the numbers and rates of cases for the most frequently reported nationally notifiable infectious diseases, by sex and age of persons with reported illness, reported to CDC during 1992-1994. The findings indicate that for seven of the 10 most commonly reported notifiable diseases, the reported incidence is lower among women.
20世纪90年代以前，国家法定传染病监测系统（NNDSS）的数据主要是汇总记录，缺少报告疾病患者的人口统计学信息。到1990年，所有50个州都在使用美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的国家电子电信监测系统（NETSS）报告个体病例数据，这些数据包含了大多数国家法定传染病的人口统计学信息（无个人标识符）。这些数据对于评估传染病发生情况中的性别差异、监测传染病发病率趋势、确定美国不同人口亚群体之间的相对疾病负担、确定预防目标以及确定研究和控制重点非常重要。本报告描述并比较了1992 - 1994年期间向CDC报告的按报告疾病患者的性别和年龄分类的最常报告的国家法定传染病的病例数和发病率。研究结果表明，在10种最常报告的法定传染病中，有7种报告发病率在女性中较低。
